Basketball Page 229 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Marcus Smart, Grizzlies face uphill battle in visit to Boston
The Celtics will be looking to extend their winning streak against the Memphis Grizzlies to seven games on Saturday when the teams meet in Boston., ,The Celtics have won 16 of their past 17 matchups versus the Grizzlies, including the past 10 in Boston. , ,"This game is a good barometer," Memphis gu...
NBA roundup: Trae Young's trey in OT lifts Hawks past Lakers
Trae Young hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 7.4 seconds left in overtime, helping the Atlanta Hawks beat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 134-132 on Friday.,Young had 31 points and 20 assists, while De'Andre Hunter scored 26 off the bench, as Atlanta won its sixth straight. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20, ...
Anthony Edwards pours in 30 as Wolves trounce Warriors
Anthony Edwards put up a game-high 30 points, Rudy Gobert and Naz Reid anchored a stingy defense and the Minnesota Timberwolves ran away from the Golden State Warriors for a 107-90 triumph Friday night in San Francisco.,The clubs will meet in a rematch, also hosted by Golden State, on Sunday.,The Ti...
Jazz lay 42-point beat-down on Trail Blazers
Johnny Juzang had season highs of 22 points and six 3-pointers and John Collins added 20 points as the Utah Jazz steamrolled the host Portland Trail Blazers 141-99 on Friday night.,Walter Kessler collected 17 rebounds and five blocked shots to go with 13 points as the Jazz broke a five-game losing s...
Devin Booker, short-handed Suns try to take down Heat
The Phoenix Suns are 8-2 this season when Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal are all available, but are 1-7 when Durant is out. ,On Saturday night, when the Suns visit the Miami Heat, Durant won't play due to an injured left ankle.,That puts more pressure on Booker, who is averaging 25.1 po...
Mavericks eye seventh straight win in matchup with Raptors
The Dallas Mavericks will be going for their season-best seventh consecutive victory when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.,The teams enter the matchup after being on opposite sides of blowouts in their games on Thursday.,Dallas defeated the Washington Wizards 137-101 to open a three...
Trae Young's late 3-pointer lifts Hawks past Lakers in OT
Trae Young hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 7.4 seconds left in overtime, helping the Atlanta Hawks beat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 134-132 on Friday.,Young had 31 points and 20 assists, while De'Andre Hunter scored 26 off the bench, as Atlanta won its sixth straight. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20, ...
Kings' balanced attack too much for short-handed Spurs
DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points and Domantas Sabonis added 22 points and 16 rebounds as the visiting Sacramento Kings rolled to a 140-113 win over the slumping, short-handed San Antonio Spurs on Friday.,The Kings led by 10 points at halftime and used a 19-4 run over the middle of the third to go up b...
Tyrese Haliburton helps Pacers top Bulls, end 4-game skid
Tyrese Haliburton scored 23 points and Pascal Siakam added 21 as the Indiana Pacers snapped a four-game skid with a 132-123 win over the host Chicago Bulls on Friday.,Haliburton hit 5 of 9 3-pointers and finished with eight assists. Siakam hit 3 of 5 from beyond the arc for the Pacers, who had lost ...
Jayson Tatum pours in 34 as Celtics beat Bucks
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Boston Celtics extended their home winning streak to seven games by beating the Milwaukee Bucks 111-105 on Friday.,Boston used a 10-2 run to take a 105-101 lead with 1:29 left, and Jrue Holiday hit a jump shot that put the Celt...
Paul George, 76ers handle Magic to split two-game set
Paul George scored 21 points and handed out nine assists Friday as the 76ers topped the Orlando Magic 102-94 to earn a split of the teams' two-game home series in Philadelphia.,The Sixers dropped a 106-102 decision to the Magic on Wednesday in the absence of George (knee), but they authored a crispe...
Valkyries select 11 players in WNBA expansion draft
Las Vegas Aces guard Kate Martin and New York Liberty forward Kayla Thornton headlined the group of 11 players selected by the Golden State Valkyries in Friday's WNBA expansion draft.,Golden State also drafted Iliana Rupert (Atlanta Dream), Maria Conde (Chicago Sky), Veronica Burton (Connecticut Sun...
Report: Valkyries to select Kate Martin in expansion draft
The Golden State Valkyries are set to select Kate Martin in Friday's WNBA expansion draft, according to a report from The Athletic.,Martin averaged 2.6 points and 1.6 rebounds across 34 games (two starts) last season as a rookie for the Las Vegas Aces. The 18th overall pick of last year's draft play...
Karl-Anthony Towns leads streaking Knicks against struggling Pistons
The New York Knicks look for their fifth win in a row on Saturday night as the visiting Detroit Pistons make the trip to Madison Square Garden for the first time this season.,The Knicks have won their last three games by an average of 24 points after starting their streak with a 99-98 win against th...
West-leading Thunder wary of struggling Pelicans
The Oklahoma City Thunder have won six of their last seven games.,The New Orleans Pelicans have won five games all season.,Still, both teams are feeling pretty good -- albeit for different reasons -- going into their matchup Saturday night in New Orleans.,The Western Conference-leading Thunder cruis...
Wizards host Nuggets, aim to avoid franchise infamy
Washington will look to avoid a franchise-record losing streak when it hosts the Denver Nuggets on Saturday in Washington, D.C.,The Wizards have lost 16 in a row, tying a franchise record initially set in the 2009-10 season. They stand last in the Eastern Conference, but coach Brian Keefe trusts it'...
Celtics' Jaylen Brown fined $25K for gesture
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown has been fined $25,000 by the NBA on Friday for making an inappropriate gesture on the court.,Brown made a throat slash gesture following a dunk on Isaiah Stewart with 12 seconds remaining in the first quarter of the Celtics' 130-120 victory over the visiting Detroi...
Cavs, working on new win streak, face stumbling Hornets
The Cleveland Cavaliers have begun what they hope is another extended winning streak.,They'll try to stretch it to four wins in a row against a team in a rut when the Cavaliers visit the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday afternoon.,The Cavaliers see this as a time in the season to keep finding ways to b...
Why Losing Looks More Fun for Portland Trail Blazers, Brooklyn Nets
Losing in the NBA is never fun, but it might be much more bearable if a coach can get buy-in from their players, like the Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers have....
China set to host first NBA preseason games since 2019
The NBA's relationship with China that turned cold over a general manager's tweet in 2019 is defrosting with the announcement Friday that two preseason games will be played in Macao in October.,The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play on Oct. 10 and 12, 2025, at Macao's Venetian Arena, marki...